minetest/builtin/common/vector.lua

--[[
Vector helpers
Note: The vector.*-functions must be able to accept old vectors that had no metatables
]]

-- localize functions
local setmetatable = setmetatable

vector = {}

local metatable = {}
vector.metatable = metatable

local xyz = {"x", "y", "z"}

-- only called when rawget(v, key) returns nil
function metatable.__index(v, key)
	return rawget(v, xyz[key]) or vector[key]
end

-- only called when rawget(v, key) returns nil
function metatable.__newindex(v, key, value)
	rawset(v, xyz[key] or key, value)
end

-- constructors

local function fast_new(x, y, z)
	return setmetatable({x = x, y = y, z = z}, metatable)
end

function vector.new(a, b, c)
	if a and b and c then
		return fast_new(a, b, c)
	end

	-- deprecated, use vector.copy and vector.zero directly
	if type(a) == "table" then
		return vector.copy(a)
	else
		assert(not a, "Invalid arguments for vector.new()")
		return vector.zero()
	end
end

function vector.zero()
	return fast_new(0, 0, 0)
end

function vector.copy(v)
	assert(v.x and v.y and v.z, "Invalid vector passed to vector.copy()")
	return fast_new(v.x, v.y, v.z)
end

function vector.from_string(s, init)
	local x, y, z, np = string.match(s, "^%s*%(%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]" ..
			"%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]?%s*%)()", init)
	x = tonumber(x)
	y = tonumber(y)
	z = tonumber(z)
	if not (x and y and z) then
		return nil
	end
	return fast_new(x, y, z), np
end

function vector.to_string(v)
	return string.format("(%g, %g, %g)", v.x, v.y, v.z)
end
metatable.__tostring = vector.to_string

function vector.equals(a, b)
	return a.x == b.x and
	       a.y == b.y and
	       a.z == b.z
end
metatable.__eq = vector.equals

-- unary operations

function vector.length(v)
	return math.sqrt(v.x * v.x + v.y * v.y + v.z * v.z)
end
-- Note: we cannot use __len because it is already used for primitive table length

function vector.normalize(v)
	local len = vector.length(v)
	if len == 0 then
		return fast_new(0, 0, 0)
	else
		return vector.divide(v, len)
	end
end

function vector.floor(v)
	return vector.apply(v, math.floor)
end

function vector.round(v)
	return fast_new(
		math.round(v.x),
		math.round(v.y),
		math.round(v.z)
	)
end

function vector.apply(v, func)
	return fast_new(
		func(v.x),
		func(v.y),
		func(v.z)
	)
end

function vector.combine(a, b, func)
	return fast_new(
		func(a.x, b.x),
		func(a.y, b.y),
		func(a.z, b.z)
	)
end

function vector.distance(a, b)
	local x = a.x - b.x
	local y = a.y - b.y
	local z = a.z - b.z
	return math.sqrt(x * x + y * y + z * z)
end

function vector.direction(pos1, pos2)
	return vector.subtract(pos2, pos1):normalize()
end

function vector.angle(a, b)
	local dotp = vector.dot(a, b)
	local cp = vector.cross(a, b)
	local crossplen = vector.length(cp)
	return math.atan2(crossplen, dotp)
end

function vector.dot(a, b)
	return a.x * b.x + a.y * b.y + a.z * b.z
end

function vector.cross(a, b)
	return fast_new(
		a.y * b.z - a.z * b.y,
		a.z * b.x - a.x * b.z,
		a.x * b.y - a.y * b.x
	)
end

function metatable.__unm(v)
	return fast_new(-v.x, -v.y, -v.z)
end

-- add, sub, mul, div operations

function vector.add(a, b)
	if type(b) == "table" then
		return fast_new(
			a.x + b.x,
			a.y + b.y,
			a.z + b.z
		)
	else
		return fast_new(
			a.x + b,
			a.y + b,
			a.z + b
		)
	end
end
function metatable.__add(a, b)
	return fast_new(
		a.x + b.x,
		a.y + b.y,
		a.z + b.z
	)
end

function vector.subtract(a, b)
	if type(b) == "table" then
		return fast_new(
			a.x - b.x,
			a.y - b.y,
			a.z - b.z
		)
	else
		return fast_new(
			a.x - b,
			a.y - b,
			a.z - b
		)
	end
end
function metatable.__sub(a, b)
	return fast_new(
		a.x - b.x,
		a.y - b.y,
		a.z - b.z
	)
end

function vector.multiply(a, b)
	if type(b) == "table" then
		return fast_new(
			a.x * b.x,
			a.y * b.y,
			a.z * b.z
		)
	else
		return fast_new(
			a.x * b,
			a.y * b,
			a.z * b
		)
	end
end
function metatable.__mul(a, b)
	if type(a) == "table" then
		return fast_new(
			a.x * b,
			a.y * b,
			a.z * b
		)
	else
		return fast_new(
			a * b.x,
			a * b.y,
			a * b.z
		)
	end
end

function vector.divide(a, b)
	if type(b) == "table" then
		return fast_new(
			a.x / b.x,
			a.y / b.y,
			a.z / b.z
		)
	else
		return fast_new(
			a.x / b,
			a.y / b,
			a.z / b
		)
	end
end
function metatable.__div(a, b)
	-- scalar/vector makes no sense
	return fast_new(
		a.x / b,
		a.y / b,
		a.z / b
	)
end

-- misc stuff

function vector.offset(v, x, y, z)
	return fast_new(
		v.x + x,
		v.y + y,
		v.z + z
	)
end

function vector.sort(a, b)
	return fast_new(math.min(a.x, b.x), math.min(a.y, b.y), math.min(a.z, b.z)),
		fast_new(math.max(a.x, b.x), math.max(a.y, b.y), math.max(a.z, b.z))
end

function vector.check(v)
	return getmetatable(v) == metatable
end

local function sin(x)
	if x % math.pi == 0 then
		return 0
	else
		return math.sin(x)
	end
end

local function cos(x)
	if x % math.pi == math.pi / 2 then
		return 0
	else
		return math.cos(x)
	end
end

function vector.rotate_around_axis(v, axis, angle)
	local cosangle = cos(angle)
	local sinangle = sin(angle)
	axis = vector.normalize(axis)
	-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues%27_rotation_formula
	local dot_axis = vector.multiply(axis, vector.dot(axis, v))
	local cross = vector.cross(v, axis)
	return vector.new(
		cross.x * sinangle + (v.x - dot_axis.x) * cosangle + dot_axis.x,
		cross.y * sinangle + (v.y - dot_axis.y) * cosangle + dot_axis.y,
		cross.z * sinangle + (v.z - dot_axis.z) * cosangle + dot_axis.z
	)
end

function vector.rotate(v, rot)
	local sinpitch = sin(-rot.x)
	local sinyaw = sin(-rot.y)
	local sinroll = sin(-rot.z)
	local cospitch = cos(rot.x)
	local cosyaw = cos(rot.y)
	local cosroll = math.cos(rot.z)
	-- Rotation matrix that applies yaw, pitch and roll
	local matrix = {
		{
			sinyaw * sinpitch * sinroll + cosyaw * cosroll,
			sinyaw * sinpitch * cosroll - cosyaw * sinroll,
			sinyaw * cospitch,
		},
		{
			cospitch * sinroll,
			cospitch * cosroll,
			-sinpitch,
		},
		{
			cosyaw * sinpitch * sinroll - sinyaw * cosroll,
			cosyaw * sinpitch * cosroll + sinyaw * sinroll,
			cosyaw * cospitch,
		},
	}
	-- Compute matrix multiplication: `matrix` * `v`
	return vector.new(
		matrix[1][1] * v.x + matrix[1][2] * v.y + matrix[1][3] * v.z,
		matrix[2][1] * v.x + matrix[2][2] * v.y + matrix[2][3] * v.z,
		matrix[3][1] * v.x + matrix[3][2] * v.y + matrix[3][3] * v.z
	)
end

function vector.dir_to_rotation(forward, up)
	forward = vector.normalize(forward)
	local rot = vector.new(math.asin(forward.y), -math.atan2(forward.x, forward.z), 0)
	if not up then
		return rot
	end
	assert(vector.dot(forward, up) < 0.000001,
			"Invalid vectors passed to vector.dir_to_rotation().")
	up = vector.normalize(up)
	-- Calculate vector pointing up with roll = 0, just based on forward vector.
	local forwup = vector.rotate(vector.new(0, 1, 0), rot)
	-- 'forwup' and 'up' are now in a plane with 'forward' as normal.
	-- The angle between them is the absolute of the roll value we're looking for.
	rot.z = vector.angle(forwup, up)

	-- Since vector.angle never returns a negative value or a value greater
	-- than math.pi, rot.z has to be inverted sometimes.
	-- To determine whether this is the case, we rotate the up vector back around
	-- the forward vector and check if it worked out.
	local back = vector.rotate_around_axis(up, forward, -rot.z)

	-- We don't use vector.equals for this because of floating point imprecision.
	if (back.x - forwup.x) * (back.x - forwup.x) +
			(back.y - forwup.y) * (back.y - forwup.y) +
			(back.z - forwup.z) * (back.z - forwup.z) > 0.0000001 then
		rot.z = -rot.z
	end
	return rot
end

if rawget(_G, "core") and core.set_read_vector and core.set_push_vector then
	local function read_vector(v)
		return v.x, v.y, v.z
	end
	core.set_read_vector(read_vector)
	core.set_read_vector = nil

	if rawget(_G, "jit") then
		-- This is necessary to prevent trace aborts.
		local function push_vector(x, y, z)
			return (fast_new(x, y, z))
		end
		core.set_push_vector(push_vector)
	else
		core.set_push_vector(fast_new)
	end
	core.set_push_vector = nil
end